Postal-card protector.



No. 848,416. PATENTED FEB. 55, 1907.

\ H. OHASHI. POSTAL CARD PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. l. 1906.

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POSTAL-CARD PROTECTOR.

No. 8&3,41 e.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed September 1, 1906. Serial No. 332,888.

T0 at whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, I'IYDESABURO OHASHI, a subject of the Mikado of J a an, residing at New York, in the county of ew York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Postal-Card Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to postal cards, being especially directed to a protector therefor, and has for its objects to provide a comparatively simple device of this character which may be readily and inexpensively applied, one which in practice will wholly cover the reverse or rearward face of the card, and one whereby soiling of said face is prevented and the writing protected and concealed from vlew.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an obverse face view of a postal card equipped with a protector embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse face View of the card, showing the protecting member partially removed. Fig. 3 is a view of one end of the protecting member.

Referrin to the drawings, 1 designates a postal carc of ordinary form and material, having an obverse face 2 for the reception of the address and a reverse face 3, which receives the written matter, as usual.

In accordance with my invention the card 1 is provided with an attachment in the form of a protecting member or sheet 4, composed of thin paper or other appropriate lightweight material, having one end folded around and cemented to one end of the postal card, as at 5, there being formed at the other end of the protecting-sheet a pocket or recess 6, in which the adjacent end of the card may be removably inserted, the pocket 6 being preferably formed by folding an end portion 7 of the sheet back upon itself and securing said portion in folded condition through the medium of engaging portions or tabs 8 formed upon and to initially project transversely from the sheet, the inner face of the tabs being coated with um or other adhesive for engagement with t e folded portion 7.

In the formation of the member 4 the same is punched or incised at a central point adjacent its end portion 7, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby when said portion is folded there will be produced on the member a projecting finger-piece or tongue 9, adapted to be grasped in the operation of freeing the end of the card from the pocket.

In practice the protecting-sheet having been attached to the card is, after the reverse face 3 has been written upon, folded over said face and the end of the card finally inserted in the pocket 6, it being evident that under this arrangement the written face of the card will be protected to prevent the writing from becoming blurred or indiscriminately read, and, furthermore, that the memher will prevent the written face of the card from becoming soiled. When it is desired to read the matter on face 3, the end of the card is freed from the pocket 7, which operation may be conveniently performed by grasping the finger-piece 9 and slightly bending the card. It is apparent that the attachment may be readily and inexpensively applied and will in practice efficiently perform its functions to the attainment of the ends in View. Furthermore, it is to be seen that the protecting-sheet, which is of lighter weight than that of the card, forms a permanent attachment for the latter for protecting the reverse face of the card when laid or filed away for future reference and may be conveniently disengaged at its pocketed end from the card and turned backward when required to permit inspection of the said face and this without in any wise destroying the original connection between the card and sheet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a postal card having an independcntly-formed protecting-sheet composed of light-weight material and arranged to cover the reverse face of the card and permanently attached at one edge to the latter, said sheet being formed for detachable engagement with an opposite edge of the card and being wholly free from engagement with the latter except at the points named.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pos tal card having a protecting-sheet composed of light-weight material, arranged to cover the reverse face of the card and permanently I In testimony whereof I affix my signature attached at olne edge to the latter, said shceet in presence of two Witnesses.

avin a 00161} to receive an o osite e ge of the 031%. and being Wholly 11 from en- HYDESABURO OHASHI' gagement With the latter except at the points named, and a finger-piece provided on the sheet at its p0cketed edge.

Witnesses WILBERT M. MARSH, MAURICE BEIGE CLAGETT. 

